End reenforcement for railway cars



V. E. SISSON.

END REENFORCEMENT FOR RAILWAY CARS.

Patented Sept. 12, 1922.

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'APPLICATlON FILED MAY IG, 1919.

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VINTON E. SISSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO WALTER P. MURPHY, F NEW YORK, N. Y.

END REENFORCEMENT FOR RALWAY CARS.

Application led May 16, 1919.' Serial 130.297,59).

To all wlw/m. 'it ma@ concern:

Be it known that I, VINTON E. SrssoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of llllinois, have invented certain new and use# ful Improvements in End Reenforcements for Railway Cars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the reenforcement i0 of the end walls of freight cars, more especially boX cars of wood construction, and the principal object of the invention is to provide a sheet metal reinforcing structure in combination with the ordinary wooden end wall for strengthening the end of the car against cargo thrusts and rigidifying the superstructure of the carso that it will better resist the stresses tending .to make the car weave.

rllhe invention is illustrated in certain preferred embodiments in the accompanying drawings wherein Fig. 1 is an end elevation of a railway box car of wood construction reinforced in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view von line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional pian on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a broken side elevation of one end of the car superstructure.

Figs. 5 and 6 are views similar to Figs. 1 and 2, respectively, illustrating a modified construction, and

Fig. 7 is a sectional plan on line 7-7 of Elli Fig. 5.

ike characters .of reference designate like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

Referring first to Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, 10 designates the end sill of the car, 11 the side sills, 12 the end plate, 13 the side plates, 14 the outer sheathing, 15 the inner sheathing, 16 the usual end posts, 17 the diagonal braces and 18 the belt rails. rFhe car superstructure as described, is of common construction.

The reenforcement for the'end wall in the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and a, consists of three metal. plates 19,v 20 and 21 having their edges secured together preferably in line with the end belt rails 18 and secured to said belt rails by bolts 22. The upper edge of the upper sheet 19 is secured to the end plate 12 and the lower edge of the lower sheet is fastened to the end sill 10. The sheets are preferably formed with ribs or corrugations 23 which, in the embodiment of the invention shown, extend to the edges of the sheets and merge one into the other so as to give the sheets a sinuous configuration in vertical section; rThe sheets are fastened along their vertical edges to the framing of the car by means of angle bars 24 bolted to the corner posts 25 of the car. The sheets are secured to these angle bars, preferably at each point of contact therewith, by rivets 26. This method of fastening the sheets to the angle bars makes each corrugation in effect a beam to take any cargo thrust against the wooden structure of the end wall, particularly as in the arrangement contemplated, the inturned corrugations bearing against the outer sheathing boards 14. The transmission of a thrust from the. lining boards to the sheathing boards takes place through the interposition of the framing members 16, 17 and 18 between the sheathing and the lining. Preferably gusset plates 27 are used for anchoring the lower ends of the angle bars 24: to the side sills 11, similar gussets 28 being employed for anchoring the upper ends of the angles to the side plates 13.

rlhe construction as above described, is preferred where it is desirable to reinforce the end wall of the car from top to bottom.

rl`he sheathing not only gives strength to the end wall while rigidifying the entire superstructure of the car againstweaving strains, butalso completely sheaths and covers the wood structure to which it is attached so as to protect the same against the weather'.

n some cases it may be desirable, to reinforce only the lower portion of the end wall of the car, for example, the lower third thereof, up to the first belt rail, where the end wall is provided with two belt rails, and in this case ll prefer to employ the arrangement shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7. The construction of the car is shown, for purposes of illustration, as the same in the preceding figures and the parts are given the same reference numerals with the exponent ai. -The reinforcement consists of a single sheet of metal 29 formed with a plurality within the edges of the sheet, the latter being bent over to form flanges 31 for attaching the sheet to the corner posts 25a. ln order to prevent water from being trapped between the reinforcing sheet 29 and the outer sheathing boards 14a the sheet is spaced away from the sheathing by spacing strips 32, 32 and 33, 33, these strips being arranged preferably in line with the end` posts 16a, 16a and 17a, 17a respectively. Spacing strips 34 are also arranged between the marginal portions of the sheet along its vertical edges and the sheathing 'in line with the corner posts 25a. rlhe flanges 31 of the sheet are preferably anchored to the side sills 11a and to the lower side belt rails 35 by means lof gussets 36, 37, respectively.

rThe construction just described has the advantage ofbeing economical of steel. ln some cases it is not necessary to have the reenforcement extend all the way up the end of the car. cargo against the end are concerned, the heavier stresses are usually against the lower portion of the end wall since the heavier articles of the lading are ordinarily placed on the licor of the car.

While I have described my invention in certain preferred embodiments it will be understood that modifications might be made without departure from the invention.

l claim:

1.` The combination with a wooden wall extending from the floor to the roof of a railway car, of a metal reinforcing structure on the outside of the car and formed with a plurality of strengthening and rigidifying corrugations which merge into each other so that said structure has a sinuous configuration in cross section.

2. The combination with the wall of a railway car comprising an outer sheathing, a lining and .frame members between the same, of a sheet metal reinforcing structure on the outside of said wall formed with rigidifying ribs, and means for securing said sheet metal structure to the framing of the car.

3. The combination with the wall of a railway car comprising an outer sheathing, a lining and frame members between the same, of a sheet metal reinforcing structure on the outside of said Wall formed with a plurality of substantially parallel rioidifying ribs, and means for Securing said sheet metal structure to the framing of the car.

So far as the thrusts of the- 4. The combination with the wall of a railway car comprising an outer sheathing, a lining and frame members between the same, of a sheet metal reinforcing structure on the outside vof said wall v formed with rigidifying ribs and bearing against said outer sheathing so that the ribs take the thrust of the cargo against said wall.

5. The combination with the wooden outer wall of a railway car', of a sheet metal reinforcing structure on the ou'tside of the wall formed with rigidifying and strengthening ribs, and means for spacing said structure from the wall to prevent water from collecting between the same and the wood structure which it reinforces.

6. The combination with the wooden outer wall of a railway car, of al sheet metal reinforcing structure on the outside of the wall, and means for spacing said structure from the wall to prevent water from collecting between the same and the wood structure which it reinforces.

7. The combination with the wooden outer wall of a railway car, of a sheet metal reinforcin structure on the outside of the wall forme with a plurality of corrugations which merge into each other so as to give the -structure a sinuous configuration in cross section, and means for spacing said struc ture from the'wall to prevent water collecting between the same and the wall.

8. The combination with the wooden wall of a railway car comprising outer sheathing, lining and frame members between the same, of a sheet metal reinforcing structure on the outside of the car wall, and spacing elements between said sheet met-al structure and the outer sheathing which are aligned with said frame members.

9. The combination with the wooden outer wall of a railway box car, of a metal plate secured to the lower portion of said wall, and spacing elements for spacing the same from said wall.

l0. rlhe combination with the wooden end structure of a railway box car comprising endsill, corner osts, outer sheathin ,lining and end posts, ia onal braces and elt rail between said sheat ing and lining, of a metal plate formed withv strengthening and rigidifying corrugations, and spacing elements between sa1d plate and said corner posts, end posts, and diagonal braces.

VINTON E. SISSON. 

